The sources of OBS Studio cover a game, a window, a capture card, an image, a text or the whole display, and the resolution of the source should match the resolution of the game.
gameplay recording
Recording of a game to show notes in English
Recording of a game to show notes in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
What the Gameplay stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into show notes
- 1
Add the game capture
In the Sources panel the game is added as a source, and the resolution of the source is matched to the resolution of the game
- 2
Upload the file
The file of the Recording of a game is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the show notes.
- 3
Give the transcript to the instruction
The instruction of the task asks for the show notes and puts the answer about the Recording of a game into the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The speech of the Recording of a game is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the show notes is written.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
In the table of the codecs and the containers of OBS Studio the MKV takes the H.264, HEVC, AV1 and ProRes video codecs and the AAC, ALAC, FLAC, Opus and PCM audio codecs
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
What Gameplay keeps, and what it says about it
The resolution of the recording is set in the Output section with the scale filter: a source in 1080p can be recorded in 720p.
The name of the file of the recording holds the year, the month, the day and the time with hours, minutes and seconds.
The MKV container is the default one of OBS Studio, it supports every single codec combination of the program and it is not corrupted as a whole when the recording stops without a graceful ending.
In the table of the codecs and the containers of OBS Studio the MKV takes the H.264, HEVC, AV1 and ProRes video codecs and the AAC, ALAC, FLAC, Opus and PCM audio codecs.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
The case
What the recording does not give you
The Recording of a game from the Gameplay holds the voices and the order of the words. The sources of OBS Studio cover a game, a window, a capture card, an image, a text or the whole display, and the resolution of the source should match the resolution of the game. From that text comes the show notes, in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
Tips
Send the transcript to the instruction only once.
Set the language of the Recording of a game before you send the file.
Check who may download the file of the Recording of a game.
Questions about Recording of a game and show notes
What does the Gameplay keep for the Recording of a game?
The name of the file of the recording holds the year, the month, the day and the time with hours, minutes and seconds. The file of the Recording of a game is the input of the engine, and the show notes is written from it.
What does the Gameplay say about the Recording of a game?
An MP4 file has to be finalised to be playable: if the writing is interrupted for any reason, the file may not be recoverable. The engine reads the English speech of the Recording of a game and writes the show notes from that text.
Who reads the show notes after the Recording of a game is sent?
the producer of the episode. The transcript of the Recording of a game is read first, and the show notes comes out of it in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
What do I get without a card?
3 files a day of up to 30 minutes every day, and the export of the text in the formats of the service, so the show notes comes back in every one of them.
Do I need an account for the Recording of a game?
The file of the Recording of a game and the widget are enough: the engine reads the English speech and writes the show notes.
Related pages
The same task on gameplay recording to text voice memo to todo ru
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Podcast episode to show notesThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- OOBS Knowledge Base: OBS Studio Overview (read 2026-10-25)obsproject.com · checked
- OOBS Knowledge Base: Standard Recording Output Guide (read 2026-10-25)obsproject.com · checked
- OOBS Knowledge Base: Audio and Video Formats Guide (read 2026-10-25)obsproject.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
Reading: 4 minutesUpdated Transcribsi editorial team
Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute
Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps